Water-cooler.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906;

E. O.'BUTT. WATER COOLER. APPLICATION FILED Maia-i904.

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WITNESSES ("273% 5: J 0W (Ji A. K? i l TTUHHEYS UNITED STATES PATENT 'orrion.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WATER-COOLER.

Patented may 8, 1806.

Application filed February 23, 1904- Serial No. 194,725.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Eiixnsr OSCAR BUTT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Water-Coolers, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which'it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to water-cooling devices for use in offices, dwellings, and other laces where devices of this class are required; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this class which is designed for use in connection with a bottle or other water-receptacle having a neck from which the water continually flows into the cooler, the construction and arrangement being such that the How of water from the bottle or other receptacle will be automatically cut off when the water in the cooler rises to a redetermined height;

in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

lThe invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of whicht ie accompanya part, in which the sepai y In the form of construction shown the an- 8 ing drawings form rate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure l is a sectional side view showing my improved water-cooler; Fig. 2, view thereof with part of the cover removed,

and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1

with the bottle or water-receptacle removed.

In the practice of my invention 1 provide a tank a, which is preferably circular in .form and provided with double side walls and a double bottom, between which are spaces a and a which are filled or packed with any suitable non-heat-conducting material. The bottom of the tank a is provided with a de pending annular flange or rim a, which sits in and is supported by a suitable basesupport b, having a flange or rim b within which the flange or rim a fits, and the support b is dish-shaped inform in cross-section, so as to form, a drip-receptacle c. The support b containing the drip-receptacle c is niounte on a tubular upright standard d, having legs d*, and in practice a bucket or other drip-receiver (Z is placed under thetubular upright standard d, and the support I) is provided at one side with an extension b over which is arranged a faucet e, which communicates and with this and other objects in view the invention consists a front with the interior of the tank a, and the extension b of the support 1) forms adrip-receiver which is in communication with the drip-receptacle. c and also preferably provided with i a screen 0 Within the tank (1V is placed an ice-receiver l j, which is referably circular in form and l around whic and the ice-receiver f is provided at one si ing a vertically-arranged radial passa e f, which communicates with averticalTy-arranged supplemental water chamber j", which in the circular in cross-section and formed by the walls f which also form the radial passage and the is situated eccentrically in and is in communication sage f with the water-chamber g, and the ice-chamber h within the ice-receiver is the ice-receiver downwardly through the bottom of the tank the ice-receiving chamber h a predetermined distance, and said drip-tube h is preferably provided with tions or holes h in the side or sides thereof.

nular walls a of the tank a are enlarged at the top to form an annular shoulder a, on which i is set a frame consisting of an annular band 71, arranged eccentrically in the top of the tank a and formed by circular form and bringing the sides thereof 5 together at i and then extending said sides laterally and forming an arm, as shown at i the ends of which are connected by a segmental member at, shoulder a, and the ring or band i opposite the member i rests on the annular shoulder a", and the frame consisting of the parts 'i, F, and 'i may be secured in position in any dosircd manner. with a cover j,

v i '2 hi mg a circular opening the ring or band i, and the cover j is composed'of two parts, one of which is smaller than the other, as shown at j*, and is thereto, as shown at j, and the smaller and hinged part j of the cover j is provided with a knob or handle 1' and said cover rests on the frame of which the ring or band i forms a part and also rests on and may be secured in place in any desired manner.

is an annular water-chamberg,

e 5 with vertically-arranged radial wallsf, forn'iform of construction shown is 7c vertically-arranged chamber f by the radial pas- 7 5 provided with a drip-tube h, which extends a into the drip-chamber c and upwardly into one or more small perforaf,

bending a bar of metal into 0 which rests on the annular 5 The tank a is also provided ICO which corresponds with and registers withhinged the top of the tank (liio In practice the ice-chamber 72 of the ice-recelver f is filled or partially filled with ice,

andthis may be done through the opening in the cover j,- and the hinged part j of said cover may be-raised for this-purpose, and a bottle or other water receiver or holder is is placed on the top of the tank a in an inverted position, as shown in Fig. 1, and the neck k thereof extends downwardly into the su plemental' water-chamber f. The bott e or other water-holder is preferably provided with a stopper if, having a small port or passage through which the water gradually and slowly flows into the supplemental waterchamber f, and as. the water rises in said chamber italso flows into a recess in the main water-chamber g, and when the water reaches the neck of the bottle or the stopper k therein the flow of water from the bottle will be cut off, as will be readily understood. The water may be drawn at any time from the tank a or the chamber 9 therein by means of the faucet e, and the water from the melting ice in the ice-chamber h will flow through the drip-tube 7&2 into the drip-chamber c, from which it flows into bucket or other receptacle (Z and the obj ect of the perforations or holes h in the drip-tube h is to permit the meltingice Water to flow through the drip-tube without rising to the top thereof or in case the top of said tube'shouldbecome closed by ice'lying thereon. i

It will be seen that my improved watercooler belongs to the class known as fountam-cooler, the bottle or receptacle is forming a reservoir from which the water slowly flows in the manner described into the water chamber or chambers in the tank a, and this flow of water is automatically cut off whenever the water in said chambers reaches the lower end of the neck of the bottle, and said watercan never flow into the water-chamber h, and

- the drip-tube k is so arranged thatthe water from the melting ice can never flow into the water-chambers g,*, orf all of which are in communication.

The drip-tube k is removable and is pref erably made tapered, as shown, so as to closely fit a corresponding openin m in the bottom of the'tank a, the ob ect of this construction being to provide means whereby the i ce chamber k may be entirely-drained when necessary by the removal of said tube and whereby a portion of the melting water will be retained in said chamber when desired to aid in cooling the water in the chamber g.

My improved water-cooler is simple in construction and 0' eration and comparativel inexpensive, an changes therein and modistasis?) parting from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is 1. A watercooler, comprising a tank adapted to receive the Water tobe cooled, an ice-chamber within and of smaller diameter than said tank, the vertical wall of said icechamber being inwardly curved to form a cylindrical recess and a contracted passage through which the recess communicates with the annular space surrounding the ice-chamber, a'draw-ofi' from said tank, a cover for.

a band or ring, a cover resting on said frame and provided with a circular opening over said band or ring and at one side thereof with a door, an ice-receiver within said tank and around which is a main water-chamber,'the vertical walls of said ice-receiver being infications thereof may be made Without de- Wardly curved to form a Vertically-arranged cylindrical recess and a contractel passage through wnich the receiver communicates with the water-chamber, and a removable drip-pipe passing through the bottom of the ice-receiver and communicating therewith,

'substantially as shown and described.

3. In a water-cooler, a tank adapted to receive the water to be cooled, an ice-chamber within and smaller than said tank, the vertical wall of the ice-chamber being inwardly curved to form a vertically-arranged recess and a passage through which the recess communicates with the annular s ace surrounding the ice-chamber, a draw-0 for said tank, and a cover for said tank having an opening concentric with the vertically-arranged recess and adapted to support an inverted bottle with its neck entering said recess, substantially as shown and described.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of February, 190

ERNEST OSCAR BUTT.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. J. KLEIN. 

